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Heidi Deveau

Loans 1h ago

An Oakville woman borrowed $1,000 against her Jeep — she now owes $4,000 and the lender repossessed her vehicle

A $1,000 loan against her paid-off Jeep turned into thousands in repossession and collection fees — what Canadians should know about vehicle title loans before using a car as collateral

Colleen Carter of Courtice, Ont

Managing Money 2h ago

Ontario woman's $1,650 furnace 'rebate' from a Facebook ad turned out to be a 20-year, $12,000 loan

A Courtice, Ont., woman thought she signed a green rebate. It was a $12k financing trap

Retired couple stressed about money

Retirement 3h ago

An Ontario couple's retirement care bill jumped to $9,200 a month after a sudden diagnosis — most Canadians aren't ready

A Barrie couple now pays $9,200/month for retirement care. Planners say budgeting for care in your 50s is key

HAPPENING NOW

Energy sector

Investing 5h ago

$5 billion in foreign capital pours into Canadian oil and gas, but Ottawa's policy decisions could kill the boom

Institutional investors sent $5B into Canadian energy stocks, but past booms reversed fast when policy shifted

Saving for retirement

Retirement 6h ago

Canadians with $357,000 saved at 65 face a monthly shortfall — here's how to turn savings into income

A number can’t tell you if you’re ready to retire, but a set of calculations will get you the answers you need. Here’s how to use your age, expenses and nest egg to determine your retirement age

Home for sale with a sold sign

Real Estate 6h ago

GTA new single-family home sales soar 246% in July as Ontario's expanded HST rebate lures sidelined buyers

This tax program shows that a little relief can go a long way

Daliah Bibas, Researcher-Programmer, Astronomy & Space Sciences at the Ontario Science Centre and Doug Ford

News Sep 12

Ontario Science Centre axes 30 jobs including entire science department — what laid-off workers are owed

The cuts wiped out 540+ years of service. Here's how severance, EI and a temporary benefits rule apply

Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec storm in 2022

Insurance Sep 12

$439 million in Ontario, Quebec storm damage highlights coverage gaps most Canadian homeowners don't know they have

More Canadians are picking variable-rate and short-term mortgages to save money now — but CMHC warns that trade-off could mean a bigger shock at renewal

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Mortgage rates

Mortgages 3.2k views

Bank of Canada's 2.25% rate hold has homeowners debating whether to break their mortgage early or wait

Canadian homeowners weigh steep early-break penalties against the risk of rate hikes before renewal

Greg Abel and a photo of a Google office

Investing 2.5k views

Greg Abel just spent US$20 billion at Berkshire Hathaway, ending 14 quarters of stock selling — Alphabet was the big bet

Greg Abel just put US$20 billion of Berkshire's cash to work, ending a 14-quarter selling streak — here's what the shift says, and what Canadian investors can learn from it

Transport trucks pass under a "Bridge To USA" at the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge, US-Canada border crossing. (Windsor, Ontario)

News Sep 12

New U.S. tariffs and import bans won't dent national GDP growth, economists say — here's what it could cost Canadians

Economists agree: New U.S. tariffs and trade restrictions on Canadian goods are unlikely to significantly affect Canadian economic growth in the near term

Packaging company

News Sep 12

B.C. packaging firm calls direct competitors to replace hundreds of millions in U.S.-made boxes hit by tariffs

CanCorr surveyed Canadian rivals, confirming domestic capacity to replace U.S. box imports facing tariffs

Travel to the US

News 3.1k views

Canadians slashed $3.3B in US trip spending in 2025 — now several states are rolling out deals to lure them back

Canadian visits to the U.S. dropped by 7.1 million in 2025 as tariffs and a weak loonie reshaped snowbird travel plans

Close-up of a person marking a Lotto Max ticket with a pencil, featuring an overlay graphic of a smiling man next to the text "$65 MILLION".

Managing Money 3.4k views

5 lessons from Canada's biggest Lotto Max winners on handling a sudden windfall

From waiting to spend to building a financial dream team, learn how Canada's biggest lottery winners managed their millions—and how to apply the same rules to any windfall.

MapQuest billboard in Chicago

News Sep 11

MapQuest plasters billboards across North America defying Trump's Lake Ontario rename to 'Lake America'

The navigation app is still taking aim at the U.S. government's cartographic revisionism: renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'

BMO Bank of Montreal

Investing Sep 11

BMO InvestorLine scraps commissions on all stock and ETF trades, matching Wealthsimple and Questrade

BMO is the first Big Five bank to offer commission-free stock and ETF trading starting Sept. 14, 2026

Sign loan contract

Loans Sep 11

Canadians on disability use payday loans at double the national rate — and a $6,000 loan can cost $840 in just two weeks

A recent Reddit post asking whether payday loans could restart stalled student aid shows the real bet many Canadians navigating disability support are weighing

Avi Lewis

News Sep 11

Avi Lewis accuses Carney of putting corporations ahead of Canadians as 90,000 jobs face trade war risk

Lewis accuses Carney of fast-tracking corporate Canada while Canadians struggle — here's what the trade war is costing you, and what support already exists

Air Canada lawsuit

News 2.3k views

B.C. court certifies class action against Air Canada after passenger alleges he had to drag himself off a flight

Thousands of passengers with mobility disabilities can now seek accountability from Canada's largest airline